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What does this mean? It's one of the other antibodies they didn't check for? (They checked for 16 or them). It's a false positive?

Hi, I'll try to keep this brief, but I have a few concerns surrounding some bloodwork my rheumatologist ordered. I'm 20, female, undiagnosed, and have had a few symptoms over the years, most notably chronic fatigue. I know I can't diagnose myself on forums, but my rheumatologist can't speak to...

Hello everyone, I am new here. I wanted to see if anyone else here had a similar experience with an autoimmune disease or advice/insight to offer. I'm a relatively healthy 27 year old female and I began experiencing joint pain in my fingers in early November. No redness, no swelling, just...

hi all, I was just told i had a 3rd positive ANA test and this time i also had a positive histone antibody , DR is doubting its drug induced lupus because of the medicine i am on is not know to induce it. He wants to do a lumbar puncture to run tests from spinal fluid. Anyone ever have done to...

hi all, trying to sort thru a'a ton of lab results. Anybody ever have a positive ANA with dense fine speckled and a statement from lab stating it can be associated with dfs 70 Which is rarely related to autoimmune disease? This is my 2nd positive ana in as many trys, 1st one was 1:160, 2nd was...

Hello everyone! My name is Kat, I'm 30, happily married to my husband who suffers from ulcerative colitis and I have an amazing nine year old son. My story begins when I was much younger although I was only recently diagnosed. I have always had an aversion to the sun and have been accused...

I'm new to all of this and just looking for advice. I have been suffering with what seems like "flares" for the past year now. They have gotten to the point where I feel like I can't function when they hit. Rash on face, low grade fevers (also have noticed temp going down to 95), muscle and...

Hi There - I am really new to forums so please bear with me! I am suffering 25/29 of the major symptoms of Lupus according to http://www.lupus.org/ , Mayo Clinic and http://www.lupuscanada.org/. I have been struggling with this for almost 2 years with no firm diagnoses. I have had extensive...

I am surprised (and so is my rheumatologist) that all of my bloodwork recently came back normal (ANA, etc as well as a number of other things to rule them out, like the heps). I have: a history of thyroid disease (I have had graves' disease twice), arthritis (bony protrusions in my sacroiliac...